Leonardo's sketches

dATE: 1452-1519

Location: Outside the village of Vinci near Florence in central Italy.

5 Facts:
  1. Leonardo used drawings both as a tool of scientific investigations and as an expression of artistic imagination.
  2. He made drawings in much greater numbers than any other artists before him.
    1. He was one of the first artists to use sketches to work out his artistic and architectural compositions.
      1. DrAWING FOR LEONARDO WAS INDISPENSABLE TO HIS PROCESS'S OF OBSERVATION, CREATION, AND INVENTION.
  3. Leonardo's notebook and sketches were composed of his scientific observations and ideas for inventions as well as detailed drawings. Also, painting, human movement, and the flight of birds.

    Summary
    Paragraph: Leonardo Da Vinci was a great artist. He was one of the first artists to use sketches. He used drawings as a tool of expression and investigation to his work. Leonardo made lots of drawings. He will always be remembered as a great artist during the renaissance.